ERC distinguishes i3s project from the University of Porto

The research project “Glycans as Master Switches of B Cell Activity in Autoimmunity” at i3s – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health at the University of Porto, was awarded a Studentship in the 2022 Call Synergy Grants of the European Research Council(ERC).

This project will have a total budget of €10 million, of which approximately €2.5 million will be allocated to the research team led by Salomé Pinho, from i3s – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health at the University of Porto.

In Call ERC's 2022 Synergy Grants Call , 29 European projects were selected for funding, totaling €295 million. With this additional funding, Portugal has now raised €40 million in Calls since the start of the Horizon Europe framework program.

Synergy Grants are Studentships aim to support projects in consortia of two to four principal investigators, at most, who work together and bring together different skills and resources to tackle ambitious research problems. Principal investigators must demonstrate the innovative nature, ambition, and feasibility of their research proposal, as well as demonstrate that their team successfully brings together the scientific elements necessary to address the scope and complexity of the proposed research question.